A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY | 清十九世紀 銅灑金獸耳方壺

A GOLD-SPLASHED BRONZE VASE

QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

清十九世紀 銅灑金獸耳方壺

of square section raised on a tall foot and rising to a flared rim, the shoulders flanked by animal-mask handles, the bronze of a dark brown patina scattered with bright gilt splashes of varying size, the base with a two-character apocryphal Xuande mark

Height 16.5 cm, 6½ in.